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1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Contents |
Illustrations; tables; preface and acknowledgments; introduction: Garden Patches in American Cities; part I: Early Urban Garden Programs, 1890s to1917; part II: National Urban Garden Campaigns, 1917 to1945; part III: Gardening for Community, 1945 to the Present; conclusion: Sustaining a City Bountiful; notes; index |
| Summary |
Since the 1890s, providing places for people to garden has been an inventive strategy to improve American urban conditions. There have been vacant-lot gardens, school gardens, Depression-era relief gardens, victory gardens, and community gardens - each representing a consistent impulse to return to gardening during times of social and economic change. In this critical history of community gardening in America, the most comprehensive review of the greening of urban communities to date, Laura J. Lawson documents the evolution of urban garden programs in the United States. Her vibrant narrative f |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Community gardens -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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GARDENING -- Reference.
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GARDENING -- Essays.
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GARDENING -- Vegetables.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
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Community gardens
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Nutzgarten
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004010999 |
| ISBN |
9780520931558 |
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0520931556 |
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9780520231504 |
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0520231503 |
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9780520243439 |
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0520243439 |
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1597345423 |
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9781597345422 |
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1417585099 |
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9781417585090 |
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